From the new James Bond, the trilogy -apkrig can be straight away
The Hitman series is closed for now and the Danish studio IO Interactive is already looking to the future, which will bring a new game with James Bond. The team officially announced the work on the so-called Project 007, as the title is called, last November. At that time, however, we had only a few pieces of information. We learned that the story of how James Bond became who he is awaits us. That the studio is still looking for other developers, that the game will be powered by the same engine as Hitman, ie Glacier, and that it will be a completely new adventure independent of a book or film template. Thanks to the Danish station DR, we have now found out more details.
The head of the IO Interactive studio, Hakan Abrak, revealed that they will not use the form of any of the representatives of Agent 007 and can imagine that the whole trilogy could emerge from their bond. According to him, MGM and EON Productions had a long way to go to get the game rights, as he said. The most important thing was to convince Barbara Broccoli, for whom Bond is essentially a family heirloom. It was supposed to be the one who recently blocked the efforts for game adaptations, saying that the previous titles were not successful enough and contained unnecessarily much violence.
Today, the IO Interactive studio employs 200 people, but in the next few years it should double.
But IO Interactive’s vision eventually softened and convinced Barbara Broccoli, although at first she was apparently not enthusiastic about the idea. According to Hakan Abrak, this happened thanks to the story and what the team did with Hitman. Thanks to this meeting with the Broccoli family, led by EON Productions, it should have been much easier to persuade MGM that IO should acquire the rights to Agent 007. Hakan Abrak believes that the Scandinavian nature also helped them conclude the agreement.
Today, the IO Interactive studio employs 200 people, but in the next few years it should double. In addition to domestic Copenhagen, the company also recently opened another branch in Malmö, Sweden. Both teams will participate in Bond, which more and more indicates that it will not be a one-time project, but a whole new series.
The result is supposed to be the most ambitious game yet from IO Interactive.
We have previously written that Hakan Abrak praised the opportunity and said that the opportunity to create a new Bond is a monumental act and he believes that IO Interactive in cooperation with EON and MGM will bring something really special to the players. The team is said to be thrilled to be able to enter the world of Agent 007. The result is supposed to be the most ambitious game from IO Interactive to date.
MGM’s Robert Marick recalled that James Bond has a long tradition in the field of video games and some of the most famous titles were based on this character. They plan to bring Bond players and fans around the world a new perspective on the brand. At the same time, MGM praises the fact that IO Interactive are masters in creating living worlds.
The title is aimed at PCs and unspecified consoles.
James Bond in video games
It is quite surprising that the last big game with James Bond was the weak action of 007 Legends from Eurocom and Activision from 2012. In the nineties and at the beginning of the new millennium, the Bonds came out like on a treadmill year after year. At the same time, the film series is still going on. Unlike filmmakers, however, the developers may not have been able to cope with its transformation. In front of Activision (007 Legends, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, GoldenEye 007 (2010), 007: Quantum of Solace), the giant Electronic Arts took care of the agent with permission to kill.
EA not only adapted new films at the time (Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough), but also returned to the past with From Russia with Love and tried it out with his own stories: James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire, James Bond 007: Nightfire, James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing a GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. A small anomaly was the “racing” game 007 Racing.
